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The two teenagers continued to walk together towards the school building in search of their classrooms. Suzune seemed to be in a better mood than before because of their impromptu 'date' earlier, while Kiyotaka was still trying to digest everything he learned from his ridiculous 'power'.

Like anyone could stay calm after finding out that your apparent 'superpower' was actually a reality-bending cheat code that only seeks the happiness of a girl.

According to what they had agreed upon, the two teens would separate and find their respective classrooms on their own inside the building but to the surprise of both students, there was no need for them to go their own ways.

There was no need to do so, because they ended up in the same room after five minutes of walking through the school building.

"Who would have thought that we'd be classmates, Ayanokouji-kun?" Suzune remarked, staring at the classroom for a moment before turning to her companion.

"I didn't know you'd be a student of Class-D as well," Kiyotaka replied. "But I suppose this makes things easier, since we already know each other."

Suzune slowly nodded in agreement. "It does feel reassuring that I am already acquainted with one of my classmates."

With that, they walked inside and searched for a place to sit. They immediately noticed that the desks were decorated with nameplates of the person who was assigned to sit there, so they simply searched for their names among the various seats.

It led them to the back of the classroom, where they were apparently neighbors. Kiyotaka's desk was the one closest to the window, while Suzune was assigned to the one on his right.

"It appears that we're going to be neighbors," said Kiyotaka.

The girl only nodded as they took their seats and observed their classmates from where they were. Their classroom was already filled with a lot of people, and Kiyotaka took notice of what most of them were like.

Most of them were pretty normal for a bunch of teenagers; the girls were mingling with each other, while some were minding their own business. A few of the boys were the same. The rest of them… well, let's just say that they will likely kill themselves out of jealousy if they ever find out that Kiyotaka's life was basically a dating simulator now. It's what most boys of his age can only dream of experiencing.

"Ayanokouji-kun," Suzune called out to him, snapping him out of his thoughts. "Once again… thank you for listening. I have never told anyone about my brother before, let alone myself."

[You gained 1 Affection Point with Horikita Suzune!]

"Your gratitude isn't necessary. You looked like you needed someone to talk to, and I did. Quite frankly, I'm more surprised that you opened up to me that easily. You don't exactly strike me as a person who wants to have friends," he replied, dismissing the notification he received.

A small blush dusted the girl's cheeks. "You're not actually wrong about that…"

The young man still felt a bit overwhelmed and conflicted about all this but so far, this weird 'power' he possessed did nothing but work things out in his favor. It could even stop time indefinitely until he chooses from three 'choices' presented to him. Then there's also the 'skill' that apparently 'bends reality' itself just to make a heroine happy, which was still a scary thing to think about.

So far, the only disadvantage to this that he could think of was that the system had a mind of its own, therefore he couldn't control it to his whim. It also means that he has no idea how many 'heroines' it will take before the system is satisfied.

Who knows? Maybe it will never be satisfied.

In other words, he was doomed to have a harem.

"I guess the advantages of this dating sim system outweigh the disadvantages," he said to himself. "Still, it's gonna take some time to get used to this."

"Hey! I saw you on the bus earlier!"

Upon hearing that voice that came from someone nearby, Kiyotaka was once again pulled out of his thoughts and turned to the person who spoke. Blinking in surprise, he saw the beige-haired girl from the bus earlier approaching him with that angelic smile on her face.

"What makes you think that?" he asked, feigning ignorance.

She giggled. "I remember your face. You were sitting near the front, if I'm not mistaken. Oh, and I noticed that you were wearing the same uniform as the other boys who were with us on the bus. Who would have thought that we'd be classmates?"

Just as Kiyotaka was about to respond to her, the feeling of the world around him being frozen in place hit once again, as his three choices appeared before him.

A. [Yes, I can see that. Now, can you leave me alone?]

B. [I didn't. I only met you just now, you know?]

C. [I'm honored to be classmates with such a cute girl like you.]

Almost immediately, the young man's eyes darted towards Option C, but he didn't do anything yet. Now, he may not be the brightest tool in the shed when it came to social interactions but this time, he was 100% sure that the third option was the correct choice.

The first one was clearly a rude response, while the second one was being sarcastic. That left the third choice as the only viable one.

Now, Kiyotaka knew that he could always choose the worst option out of the three but after realizing what this 'dating simulator' was capable of, the young man was caught between a rock and a hard place.

If stopping time wasn't scary enough, then warping reality is.

"I hope I don't regret this," he told himself before pushing Option C, as time began to move again.

"I'm honored to be classmates with such a cute girl like you," he spoke, the familiar outside force taking over his actions and causing him to flash a little smile. "Let's work together as much as we can."

The girl blinked a few times, before a blush covered her cheeks out of embarrassment. She took a few steps back as if she was shocked, while Kiyotaka only stared at her as several pink screens showed up in front of him.

[Kikyo Route has been Unlocked! You can now see 'Heroine Status' with Kushida Kikyo!]

[You gained 15 Affection Points with Kushida Kikyo!]

[Your current status with Kikyo has changed to 'A Rocky Relationship'!]

Okay, those weren't so bad. He had been through this scenario twice before already. At least this time, he wasn't unlocking another broken 'skill' that would be considered OP in a gamer's standards—

[Congratulations! The Skill 'Smile of the Ladykiller' has been Created!]

[Smile of the Ladykiller] (Passive Skill): Your smile has proven to be a serious deal with your Heroines that it will hit them right in the kokoro and always land a critical hit. The fact that you don't show emotions much adds more to how powerful it is.

[Your smile is so powerful that it became a skill of its own! You gained +3 in Aura]

[Congratulations! You unlocked the Achievement: 'First Skill'! You gained +2 in Charm]

—never mind.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me," Kiyotaka thought, deadpanning at the 'skill' that he just 'created'. Somehow, that sounded even worse than 'unlocked'.

Well, sure, why not? Since he already possessed a skill that can alter reality in the blink of an eye, why not add another potentially dangerous skill that would only create more problems for him and make his life more stressful?

Yes, that's exactly what he needed right now.

Okay, so he had a skill that involved his smile now. Great. Surely, the system would love to abuse that and have him smile at every girl around here and make them a heroine too, just to make things even worse.

Wait, was that why he gained more points with Nanase and this girl, Kushida? All because he smiled at them?

How convenient… not.

What a stupid skill to have, really. So what if he doesn't show emotions most of the time? Was that really a good excuse to give him an ability that's directly linked to him smiling?

[You have gained 5 Affection Points with Horikita Suzune!]

Kiyotaka was too preoccupied with the whole thing to even notice the new notification he received, to the point that it disappeared on its own without his acknowledgement.

Unbeknownst to him, Suzune had caught a glimpse of his smile but managed to turn away in time before she could be noticed. It didn't stop her from blushing though, and she felt incredibly flustered from what she saw.

"Did he just… smile…?" she thought. "Ayanokouji-kun… looks handsome that way… wait no, what am I saying?! I shouldn't be thinking like this! I just met him today…!"

Poor Suzune would be distracted by her own conflicting thoughts from now on.

While the young man was having an internal dilemma regarding broken skills and their convenience, the same was happening to Kikyo, although for a completely different reason.

"What's wrong with me? I'm already used to boys saying things like that about me but when I hear it from him…" the girl said to herself, shifting her gaze away from him so she could calm herself. "Wait! It's his smile! His smile is too contagious…!"

After arguing with himself in his mind about this being the worst superpower that a person could have and being wise about his words regarding the system (since it had a mind of its own), Kiyotaka simply sighed and accepted it in the end.

Snapping back to reality, he noticed that Kikyo looked embarrassed for some reason and was looking elsewhere. Probably a side effect of the new skill that he had.

"Are you okay?" he asked, making her jump in surprise.

"Y-Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about me!"

As he stared at her, a familiar pink screen appeared on top of her head and Kiyotaka quickly read it. Out of the many advantages that this 'dating simulator' power gave him, this was the most useful.

[Kushida Kikyo: 'Two-Faced Angel']

[Relationship Status: A Rocky Relationship]

[Affection Points: 15/100]

[Heroine Summary: Kikyo is a beautiful girl who hailed from the same middle school as Suzune. Kikyo harbors extreme hatred for the latter because Suzune possibly knows about her and what she has done to her class years ago. She is a talented individual and revels in being praised by people around her. She normally acts like an angel to other people when in reality, she has everyone around her eating out the palm of her hand. She also loves it when people share their deepest secrets with her, believing that it makes her above everyone else because of what she knows.]

"This is… useful information," the young man thought to himself while reading through the girl's 'summary'.

From what he could gather, she went to the same school as Suzune and seems to hate the black-haired girl because of the things she knows. It made him wonder what exactly did Kikyo do in the past, but that's a question for later.

"She must be faking that smile then," he mentally noted. "Thanks for that information, she almost got me there. But I'm still mad at you for what happened earlier."

If he could, Kiyotaka would laugh at himself right now. Yeah, what was he doing, talking to a ghost? Well, more like a program/game with artificial intelligence, but still…

Anyway, this girl obviously had a screw loose in her head, so why is the system even considering her a 'heroine'? As far as he was concerned, it would be for the best if he gets away from Kushida as far as possible.

Wait a second, the 'Heroine Summary' only showed up after he chose from the three choices that showed up earlier! It only showed up after he had 'unlocked' her route. That wasn't the case for Suzune, because her 'summary' was shown before he was given the 'choices'!

Kiyotaka was starting to think that the higher being that bestowed this 'power' upon him wanted to see him suffer from trying to deal with his current situation. If that were true, then all he could say is that it's working.

…it's working really well.

By the way, the offer of this whole thing being a dream is still open! If someone could wake him up if that was the case, then Kiyotaka would feel really grateful to whoever does so.

"I'm Ayanokouji Kiyotaka," he spoke in an attempt to spark a conversation. "What do they call you?"

His voice was enough to snap the girl out of her embarrassed state. She quickly came up with a response of her own before he noticed her dilemma.

"Kushida Kikyo. It's nice to meet you, Ayanokouji-kun!"

"Likewise…" he told her in return, although it was clear that he felt the opposite.

While the two introduced themselves to the other, the school bell rang. At the same time, a brown-haired woman wearing formal attire had entered the classroom with a very serious look on her face.

She didn't bother looking at the students who were still fooling around and talking with their other classmates, but her presence was enough to send them in a panic. They quickly raced back to their seats as the woman stood in front.

"Good morning, students. My name is Chabashira Sae, and I'm the homeroom teacher for Class D," she introduced herself with a little bow. "I teach Japanese History. In this school, we don't change classrooms for each grade so we will be seeing each other a lot for the next three years. In that time, I hope to get to know all of you."

Kiyotaka listened to her words carefully. "So these people will be my permanent classmates, then. At least I've made one friend already, even if she's supposed to be a heroine. Making more than that… is going to be harder than it looks."

"Before we continue, I will distribute these student handbooks with more information about this school and its rules. Please read them carefully."

After saying those words, Chabashira then left a set of small books for the students on the front row, who all passed it to the person behind them and so on. After everyone had received their own copy, they read through some of it until their teacher began to speak again.

"Now, I will hand out your student ID cards. With these, you'll be able to access the facilities in the campus. You'll also be able to utilize the usage of 'points'. Using points, you can purchase goods from a store, buy clothes and other things at the mall, eat at a restaurant, and so on. In this school, anything can be purchased using points."

As she explained how the ID cards worked (much to the amazement of the students), the woman walked around the room and personally distributed them to their respective owners. Once Kiyotaka had received his, he picked it up and observed it closely.

"So this is what that ice cream vendor meant by 'points'…" he thought, remembering what the store clerk said earlier when he attempted to buy ice cream. "If we weren't given special privileges of having our food for free earlier, then we would have had no way of paying. The system must have altered reality in my favor so that we could buy food for free, because I refuse to believe that it was only a coincidence that we were the 100th customers of both stores. Now that I know what this dating simulator can do, it's not hard to imagine that it manipulated things to my advantage."

In hindsight, this was a very useful ability to have but then again, the system had a mind of its own and it obviously won't work just because he wanted it to.

"Points are automatically distributed into your account on the first day of every month. You should all have received 100,000 points already. Keep in mind that 1 point is equivalent to 1 yen, and be careful about the amount of points you spend. That is all," she finished explaining.

And with that, the classroom bursted into cheers, not even caring that their teacher was still there and could reprimand them for being noisy.

"We can buy anything with points?! Oh, I can't wait to get started!

"Me too! I wonder if I can buy myself a girlfriend as well…"

"Keep your fantasies to yourself, pervert!"

"Uh, mental note to stay away from that guy…"

"100,000 points every month? Sounds like a good deal to me!"

"Now, now, everyone, let's not get too hasty. We should wait for Chabashira-sensei to finish speaking first. I think she has more to say."

While everyone else was delighted at the concept of points as a currency, a certain individual kept quiet with his

"100,000 points as a monthly allowance, huh? Not a bad deal at all. It just feels weird that"

[Chabashira Sae: 'Dead-serious Teacher']

[Relationship Status: ?]

[Affection Points: 0/100]

[Heroine Summary: Sae is your beautiful homeroom teacher who will be watching over you and your class for the next three years. She is a very serious woman who has no time for personal relationships and is only focused on her job. However, this is only a mask to hide her vulnerable side because of her one weakness, which is her wish and desperation to reach Class-A. In the past, there was an incident involving her and her ex-boyfriend that ended up in her class losing their biggest chance to become the new Class-A. She now works as a teacher with the desire of accomplishing what she failed to do as a student, but she has a complete lack of faith in her current class, believing that all of them are nothing more than defects.]

While there were a number of things that shocked him upon seeing the woman's 'summary', most notably the fact that a fully-grown adult was considered a 'heroine' and will be a part of his romantic 'conquests' in the future (Really? The system was just having fun making his school life more chaotic than before now), Kiyotaka's attention was drawn to one particular line that involved the school itself.

"Her wish is to reach Class-A? Is there a hierarchy between classes?" he thought, slowly taking in this new information that was proving to be vital in knowing more about this school. "If that's the case and we're considered as Class-D, it also means that we're at the bottom when compared to the other classes of our grade."

While Kiyotaka was working to figure out what Chabashira's 'summary' was about, the teacher herself smirked at her students' excitement upon finding out what they could do with the points that they were given.

Oh, these sweet summer children… they were all the same.

"Shocked by the amount of points you're given? The school evaluates its students based on their attributes, and the amount of points you've received reflects your worth here. All of you have passed the entrance exams out of thousands of applicants, which already speaks of your potential. I may have advised you to spend your points wisely, but it's still up to you on how to use them," she explained further. Now then, the table is open for questions that you wish to ask me. I'll answer them as long as they are within the rules."

Only a single arm rose in the air after Sae asked if they had questions.

"Yes, Hirata?" she said, giving the floor to a handsome young man with blonde hair and brown eyes, who seemed to have gotten the attention of a lot of his female classmates right away.

"Sensei, is it possible for us to give our points to someone? In the case that one of us accidentally spends too much of his/her points that they are low on funds, there has to be a way to help them," he asked out of concern, which only served to win over the girls even more.

"That ikemen bastard…" A few of the less-than-average males thought to themselves out of jealousy.

Sae nodded. "Yes, you can do that if you wish. There is an application available that can help transfer points to other students whenever you want. You will learn more about that in the entrance ceremony later on."

A girl with blonde hair tied in a ponytail then spoke up, "Wait, what if the person that we're doing it with is only scamming us? He might end up taking more points than what the initial agreement was!"

Her statement was quick to invoke a sense of fear and panic among the class, her classmates unwilling to let their points be taken from them.

Sae nodded and even flashed a little smirk. "Good question, Karuizawa. To prevent yourself from being scammed during a negotiation regarding points, you may create a written contract with the signature of both parties that are involved. That way, the negotiation will be seen as official and whoever doesn't follow it will be punished. A third party can also act as a witness to make it more legitimate."

That was enough to calm the growing panic among several members of the class. In the end, everything that Chabashira explained to them was easy to understand and there seems to be nothing complicated about this 'point system'.

After all, it's simple. They receive a monthly allowance of 100,000 points, and it's up to them on how they spend it! Nothing more than that.

"Are those all your questions?" she asked, waiting for a good ten seconds if someone was going to ask something. When nobody did, Sae only nodded in acknowledgement. "Very well. I suppose I can now end homeroom. Don't forget to attend the entrance ceremony in an hour's time. All of you are required to be there. I'll see you all tomorrow for our first lesson."

As Chabashira left the classroom, Kiyotaka was in deep thought. "I wonder why she didn't tell us about the possible class hierarchy around here. If she wanted to reach Class-A through us, then she would ask for our cooperation, but she did nothing. It's either because she truly has no hope in a class full of 'defects', or it's that she can't, because she's not allowed to."

"Everyone, may I please gain your attention?"

The blonde-haired boy, Hirata, stood up the moment their teacher left and faced his classmates with a gentle smile on his face.

"Since we still have an hour before the entrance ceremony, I think now would be a perfect time for us to introduce ourselves to each other instead of doing other things. Since we will be classmates for the next few years, it's best if we get to know one another right away."

Kiyotaka rested his elbows on his desk and breathed into his hands. "Introducing ourselves… I suppose that's a normal occurrence within a classroom, but can I even do that without screwing up? The system helped me with Horikita and Kushida, but I doubt that the same will happen for the whole class."

"Since this is my idea, I'll introduce myself first," the handsome-looking boy continued. "My name is Hirata Yosuke. Feel free to call me by my first name if you want. I like to play sports, especially soccer. I look forward to working with all of you."

His introduction only seemed to make him even more likable and popular with a lot of his female classmates. Hirata seemed to be the type of person who you could depend on, and he would gladly devote his time to helping someone if they needed it.

After Hirata, the rest of the class followed and one by one, they began to introduce themselves.

"Hi! My name is Karuizawa Kei! I like going to the mall with friends and hanging out with them. Nice to meet'cha!"

"Hi, everyone! I'm Kushida Kikyo. I'd love to get to know all of you right away!"

"Maya Sato. I like fashion and going to the mall. Nice to meet you all!"

Kiyotaka observed the three girls closely as they spoke. He had a feeling that they will end up being heroines because it's a normal trope in dating simulators to include girls who are socialites. Well, Kushida is already a heroine (even though she was faking that kindness) and while he couldn't say the same for the other two, time can only tell.

God, he could only hope that not every girl in his class will become a 'heroine'…

"Yo. Name's Yamauchi Haruki. I was a star athlete in my old school and if you want, I can even teach you some pointers in studying!"

"Ladies, my name is Ike Kanji. If you ever want to go on a date, I'm available anytime!"

"A perfect existence such as myself has no need to introduce himself but since I am bored at the moment, I suppose I'll humor you. I am Koenji Rokusuke, the sole heir to the Koenji Conglomerate!"

While a majority of the class were keen on introducing themselves and putting up a good image to their classmates, there were also some who had no intention of introducing themselves for some reason.

"Tch. We're not children anymore to be doing this, so leave me out of this," said a red-haired boy who had the first buttons of his uniform undone and his tie loosened like a typical delinquent.

"Okay… if that's what you wish," Hirata sweat-dropped. "Let's continue with the next one, then."

"Uhm… I'm S-Sakura A-Airi. It's… n-nice to meet you all…"

"The system is definitely going to include her," Kiyotaka sighed. "Dating simulators are also fond of including at least one shy girl in the various routes that they offer."

Well, at least he can see this one coming ahead of time.

The class introductions went smoothly until the last row, when it was finally Horikita's turn. Being aware of her attitude and demeanor, Kiyotaka expected the girl to act arrogant and say that introducing herself is a waste of time but to his surprise, Horikita stood up and faced everyone else with a neutral expression.

Wait, was she actually going to do it?

"Horikita."

…and she sat back down afterwards. Never mind.

Regardless, she introduced herself to everyone, at the very least. Kiyotaka assumed that due to their earlier interactions, the girl was in a good mood and had no intention of being stingy just for the sake of it. Hm, if this continues, she might even become friendlier to the rest of the class eventually.

"T-Thank you for introducing yourself, Horikita-san…" said Hirata, completely unaware that even if she only said her family name, Suzune was already making a big leap in terms of opening up to other people.

"Guess it's finally my turn," Kiyotaka said in his thoughts as he stood up from his seat and looked at his classmates. "I'm Ayanokouji Kiyotaka. I'm not good at making friends, but I still hope to get along with everyone. I like reading books and practicing tea ceremony."

And with that, he sat back down. The young man wanted to say that he wasn't particularly good at anything, but he could already tell that if he did that, then Horikita wouldn't be pleased. She'd likely snap at him for lying about what he can do, or she'll be angry with him for leading her on the whole time. As a matter of fact, she would probably react like this…

"You are unbelievable! How could you lie to me?! I thought we were friends, Ayanokouji-kun?!" cried Suzune, who felt heartbroken that her first 'friend' was lying to her the whole time.

"Great. Now I'm getting this urge not to let that happen," he said to himself. The worst part was that a day hadn't even passed, yet he was already tired of dealing with this. "I'll get used to this… I hope."

"Thank you for that introduction, Ayanokouji-kun," Hirata smiled before turning to the rest of the class. "Now that we are more acquainted with each other, all we can do now is wait for the entrance ceremony."

Hirata sat back down after those words, which prompted everyone to return to what they were doing before Chabashira entered the room.

"That went well… somehow. I was actually expecting the worst," Kiyotaka thought. He was honestly expecting to choose from the three choices and let the system itself handle it, but it's a good thing that it didn't happen. That would have been a pain to deal with, especially if he had to say something embarrassing in front of everyone.

Now all that was left to do today was attend the entrance ceremony. Surely, it won't be as stressful as the events that have happened thus far, right?

MINASAN, YONDE KURETE ARIGATŌ! AISHITEMAAAAASUUUUU! *starts playing air guitar*

-Lance